Dress shield



July 21, 1964 E. MEIER-YNIEPER 3,141,174

DRESS SHIELD Filed July 1e. 1961 INVENTOR Elu/'ra Neier-Nieper BY @ofATTORNEYS United States Patent O 3,141,174 DRESS SHIELD Elvirall/lieier-Nieper Kunzlistrasse 19, Zurich, Switzerland Filed July 18,1961, Ser.. No. 124,327 1 Claim. (Cl. 2153) In dress shields known sofar, Which above all are used for protecting clothes against secretionsin the armpits, the capacity for absorbing perspiration is much toosmall so that in the case of strong body secretions the clothes areaffected through the shields. Since, further, the replacement of shieldsknown so far is too much bother, such replacement is not effectedsufciently often so that a disagreeable body odor cannot be avoided.

My present invention relates to a dress shield distinguished by a veryhigh capacity for absorption and easy replaceability.

The dress shield according to the invention comprises a hydroscopiclayer on the side adjacent to the human body and a protectivemoisture-resistant layer on the side adjacent to the clothes, at least aportion of the protectivelayer surface on the side adjacent to theclothes being provided with an adhesive face for detachably securingsame in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide an extension at theupper concave side of the dress shield which extension is a part of theprotective foil of the moisture resistant layer that extends beyond orabove the absorbent layer of the dress shield, which results in aminimum thickness of the shield at the top thereof and in the arm pit ofthe wearer.

One form of my invention is shown in the drawings, in which FIG. 1 is aview of the dress shield from the side destined to be adjacent to thecloth of the garment,

FIG. 2 is a partial View in section on the line II-II of FIG. l, and

FIG. 3 shows the arrangement of the dress shields on the garment insideon a section through the armpit.'

The dress shield 1 shown is of crescent form, as known. It comprises onone hand a soft, porous, highly absorbable layer 2 such as absorbentlayer cotton, felt, blotting paper, plastic foam facing the body K (FIG.3) and, on the other hand, a protective layer 3 made of a foilpreventing the passage of moisture and facing the cloth to be protected,such as a thermoplastic foil, oiled, silk. Layer 3 is entirely or partlyconnected to absorbable layer 2 and comprises a marginal rim portion 4that preferably projects beyond layer 2 at least on the upper edge andcomprises an adhesive face 5 of self-sticking dry adhesive such asrubber adhesive, on the side destined to be adjacent to the garment.Adhesive face 5 extends in the form of a strip along a marginal portionfacing the garment shoulder and may be formed, for example, by wrappingthe rim on to the side of plastic foil 3 and in use is situated outsidethe range of layer 2. The adhesive face may be preserved by applyingthereto a protective strip which may be drawn off before use so that theadhesive strength of the adhesive face which has to be clearedimmediately before using the shield, is fully preserved.

As may be seen from FIG. 3, the protective layer after having clearedits adhesive face 5, is stuck to the garment inside in its range whichis destined to abut against the arm pit H so that the layer 2 is facingthe body K and the layer 3 is facing the cloth ST to be protected.

The dress shield, further, may have any other shape desired, adapted tothe garment portion to be protected in any one case, the thickness ofthe absorbable layer 2 being adapted to the nature of the bodysecretions. The sticking connection of the shield which requires verylittle time for the application to garments, allows a frequentreplacement of the protective layer so that the formation of body odorsmay be positively avoided and the respective cloths do not have to bewashed or replaced so frequently any longer.

The dress shield described is suitable for ladies, gentlemens, andchildrens clothes of all kinds, in particular for blouses and shirts.

While the invention has been described in detail with respect to a nowpreferred example and embodiment of the invention it will be understoodby those skilled in the art after understanding the invention, thatvarious changes and modifications may be made Without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention and it is intended, therefore, tocover all such changes and modifications in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

In a dress shield of crescent shape with opposed convex and concaveedges and adapted for use in a garment to absorb body secretions, incombination:

(a) an absorbent layer on the side destined to face the body,

(b) a protective foil sheet on the side destined to face the garment,

(c) said protective foil sheet being adhered to and extending beyondsaid absorbent layer :at the concave edge thereof,

(d) the extended portion of said protective foil sheet being providedwith a layer of self-sticking dry adhesive material for detachablysecuring the dress shield to the garment.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS690,719 Gault Jan. 7, 1902 717,830 Ferguson Jan. 6, 1903 2,434,830Billins et al. Jan, 20, 1948 2,438,771 Topjian Mar. 30, 1948 3,001,201Hauser Sept. 26, 1961

